Our District	Change from Last Year
Total Number of Teachers	604	Up from 594
Percent of K-3 teachers who are certified in Read to Succeed reading certification	N/AV	N/A
Percent of teachers with advanced degrees	66.1	Down from 69.5
Teacher attendance rate	92.6	Down from 94.5
Average teacher salary	$57,436	Up from $55,890
Percent of teachers on continuing contract	100.0	Up from 99.8
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - current year	85.9	Down from 93.7
Percent of teachers returning from previous year - three year average	90.3	Down from 91.7
Percent of teacher vacancies for more than 9 weeks	0.0	No change
Prime instructional time	87.1	Down from 88.0
Student-teacher ratio in core subjects	24.0 to 1	Down from 24.5 to 1
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	14.3	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in low poverty schools	88	N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in low poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	3.9	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in low poverty schools	24	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of inexperienced school leaders teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers teaching in high poverty schools	N/A	N/A
Percent of inexperienced teachers	14.3	N/A
Number of inexperienced teachers	88	N/A
Percent of out-of-field teachers	3.9	N/A
Number of out-of-field teachers	24	N/A

Inexperienced Teacher- a teacher with less than 4 years of experience.
Inexperienced School Leader- a School Administrator that has not completed their formal evaluation process (Tier 1)
Out of Field Teacher- a teacher teaching a course or courses outside their field of certification when a certification is required for that course.

ESSA regulations require states to post on their report cards information about teachers with emergency or provisional credentials. South Carolina does not award emergency or provisional credentials, thus that metric is not listed.